Ours
is a culture of demand—specifically, demand predicated on “rights”—not
necessarily referencing inalienable rights of life, liberty, and pursuit
of happiness advanced in the unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United
States of America (4 July 1776).[1]
No longer is mutual pledge of one’s lives, fortunes, and sacred
honor deemed necessary. Folks want what they want, and they demand it
now. For example, characterized as “undocumented workers,”
law-breaking immigrants claim entitlement to jobs and all the rights
and privileges (oftentimes minus responsibility) of American citizenship.[2]

Moreover,
many activists blame whites for black poverty and, to level the score,
some call for taxpayers to underwrite black reparations to the tune
of trillions of dollars. It stands to reason that if society owes African-Americans,
it likewise owes Japanese-Americans, Norwegian-Americans, all victims
of terrorism and natural disasters, unwilling hostages, war prisoners,
families of those lost- or missing-in-action, the handicapped, all victims
of crime and self-described discrimination, the sexually harassed—just
about everyone. But who’s counting?

Yes,
Gaia Has Rights, Too!

So
inclusive are universal rights and entitlement that, now, the Permanent
Forum on Indigenous Issues has established a declaration to secure rights
for Mother Earth.[3]
Yes, Mother Earth. Whereas the late Geologian Father Thomas Berry outlines
three rights for every component of the Earth community—namely,
right to “be,” right to habitat, and right to fulfill its
role—Mother Earth’s rights are copious and not to be ignored.[4]

In
tandem with International Mother Earth Day (April 22) is a push to attain
a million signatures in support of the Universal Declaration of
the Rights of Mother Earth—just in time for the upcoming
United Nations conference, Rio +20 (20-22 June 2012), plugged as “the
future we want”—namely, poverty eradication through a Green
economy in the context of sustainable development.[5]

Signers
acknowledge human obligations as outlined in Article 3 of the Earth-doting
document. Since humans bear the brunt of responsibility, it stands to
reason that all States and public/ private institutions must commit
to living in accordance with rights and obligations being put forth.
The charge is to establish and apply effective norms and laws for defense,
protection and conservation of Mother Earth. This includes eliminating
nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and promoting non-capitalistic
economic systems considered friendly to the cause.

Gaia’s
Gospel

Signers
embrace a gospel eerily similar to the New Testament plan of salvation.[6]
Here’s how it goes: Living Earth is sacred, the sustainer of all
life, and therefore worthy of “our loving prayers, ceremonies,
and joyful dances,” all of which serve “to lift the vibration
of the mountains and oceans where toxins cannot exist.”[7]

Be
sure Earth’s children are karma-bound to the Sacred Planet.[8]
Hence, Mother Earth has rights to freedom from human exploitation and
greed. Our charge, then, is to “fight against Green capitalism”
(tag line used by proponents) to ensure the Sacred Planet’s rights.[9]

The
plan is threefold. First, we must acknowledge Earth’s sacredness.
This we do by reclaiming her indigenous roots drawn from the muddied
pool of ancient knowledge. (Only spiritual solutions ensure her perpetual
renewal.) Then, we must offer reparations for unsustainable human activities
so that, finally, we coexist with the Sacred Planet in “a fully
synergistic, spiritually harmonious manner.” In the end, ours
promises to be “a new world resplendent with life.” You
know: utopia.[10]

What’s
not to like? Everyone’s rights will be realized, but only when
the Gross National Product (GNP) bows to Gross National Happiness (GNH),
the latter to be achieved when Earth’s demands are satisfactorily
appeased. We need only take the necessary steps of spreading wealth,
mobilizing for green jobs, and combining Earth Rights with Keynesian
economics. And this we can do. Yes, we can!

•
Spreading Wealth

According
to Beverly LaHaye of Concerned Women of America, sustainable development
is a specious term the UN uses to say that wealth and resources must
be redistributed; and populations must be controlled. Indeed, sustainability
is the globalist’s central organizing, ruling principle, its three
“E’s” being environment, economy, and equity. The
mission is to integrate eco-nomic policies (with emphasis on “eco”)
and to define for all world citizens the proper (i.e., politically-correct)
conduct, supposedly “voluntary,” but with forced equity
and selective tolerance in view. In a word, producers are expected to
provide for non-producers.[11]

•
Mobilizing Green Jobs

In
2007 the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the International
Labor Organization (ILO), and the International Trade Union Confederation
(ITUC) jointly launched the Green Jobs Initiative. A green or green-collar
job is "work in agricultural, manufacturing, research and development,
administration, and service activities” aimed at preserving or
restoring environmental quality. This allegedly is accomplished by protecting
ecosystems and biodiversity while, at the same time, reducing carbon
emissions and human consumption (specifically for the masses).[12]

President
Barack Obama got on board in March 2009 when he appointed Czar Van Jones
as Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the
White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). Jones resigned in
September 2009, but the work continues uninterrupted. Examples of initiatives
currently in effect are identified in a report, Going Green: The
Vital Role of Community Colleges in Building a Sustainable Future and
a Green Workforce, published by the National Council for Workforce
Education and AED. The report examines how in-service education and
community colleges contribute to advancement of deep ecology.[13]

"Instead
of making Green jobs,” explains workforce education administrator
Ken Warden, “we need to make jobs Green." To that end, the
Obama Administration’s Pathways out of Poverty (POP) goes beyond
teaching basic literacy and job readiness skills by specifically targeting
competences needed to enter a Green job market. Established in August
2009, POP is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
of 2009.[14]

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•
Combining Earth Rights with Keynesian Economics

John
Maynard Keynes argued that, without the artificial demand stimulus of
government spending, the market can’t extricate itself from permanent
stagnation, high unemployment, and underutilized capacity. New spending
creates market demand, and governments promote rising wages and schemes
designed to redistribute incomes downward to those who will spend the
money. Ironically, when more humans gain adequate wealth to own cars
and refrigerators, Mother Earth purportedly suffers all the more. But,
never fear. Eco-crats have this covered. The Nanny State is poised to
shame, punish, and thus curtail human assault on our Sacred Planet—albeit
at the price of personal liberty.[15]

Conclusion

Ammonites
who worshipped Moloch understood that someone’s child would be
sacrificed in order to abate their god’s wrath. Gaia (Mother Earth)
likewise requires unthinkable sacrifice. She’s miffed; and from
pesky humans, she will extract her due—unfortunately, at the dear
price of personal liberty. Shame’s her game, and power’s
her prize. Problem is: To appease Gaia is to sacrifice our children
and grandchildren, denying them fruit of the Grand Experiment of America
that we oldsters once upon a time were blessed to have known.[16]

1.
Larry P. Arn. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of
the United States (Hillsdale, Michigan: Hillsdale College, 2003), 1-27.2.Generation "E" for "Entitled,"
Part 1 - Generation "E"
for "Entitled," Part 23.World
People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth.4.All about
Thomas Berry - Priest and Geologian5.United
Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.6.
Gospel means “good news.” Because they contain the basic
facts of Jesus’ life, the writings of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and
John are called the Gospels. The Bible makes it clear that all have
sinned, and sin is what (1) separates man from God and (2) what earns
him wages of death. The good news is promise of (1) restored fellowship
and (2) salvation by means of Christ’s substitutionary sacrifice.
His glorious resurrection from the dead demonstrates complete victory
over the ultimate enemy. By means of repentance, confession of sin,
belief, and becoming “born again” (literally, “born
from above”), man is saved through faith, not by his own feeble
efforts. Men and women, boys and girls said to be “in Christ”
are new creations for whom all things are become new. In the end, each
receives the free gift of Christ’s eternal weight of glory in
everlasting life. See: Rom. 3:10, 23; 1 Jn. 3:4 and 5:17; Jas. 1:13-15;
Acts 2:38; 1 Jn. 1:9: 1 Cor. 15:1-4; Jn. 3:3-7; 2 Cor. 5:17; Jn. 3:16;
2 Cor. 4:17.7.
The earth is the LORD’s (Ps. 24:1). He created it, even as He
created mankind (Gen. 1ff). The Creator-God will by no means share His
glory with another (Ps. 24:9-10). To worship and serve creation over
and above the Creator is to forfeit truth for a lie (Ro. 1:25).8.
Karma is a Hindu concept that embodies personal responsibility for one’s
actions. Since every decision results in determinate consequences, “what
goes around comes around.” To be karma-bound to Earth is demonstrated
in Earth servitude.9.
Making token ecological changes, Green capitalism allegedly rewards
energy companies, airlines, carmakers, and industrial agriculture with
more money that helps maintain profit rates while doing little for the
Planet.10.
The legendary city (or island) of Atlantis was said to exist at the
helm of a world government thought to represent the ideal, as envisioned
by Nazism and Marxism. The ultimate rational system of the latter is
a sort of secular version of the kingdom of God. Utopianism is about
building a new society apart from God; but the Bible warns, “Except
the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it” (Ps.
127:1).11.
Just what is/isn’t sustainable? “Current lifestyles and
consumption patterns of the affluent middle class (involving high meat
intake; use of fossil fuels, appliances, air-conditioning, and suburban
housing) are not sustainable”
(Maurice Strong, Rio Earth Summit 1992).12.Green
Job13.Community
Colleges Join to Promote Green Education.14.Jobs
for the future15.
Socialism is the steppingstone for bureaucratic controls, tightened
regulations, increased invasion of privacy, and confiscation of wealth.16.
T. Alton Bryant. The New Compact Bible Dictionary, Special Crusade
Edition. (Minneapolis: The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association,
1967), 372.

Daughter of an
Army Colonel, Debra graduated with distinction from the University of
Iowa. She then completed a Master of Education degree from the University
of Washington. These were followed by Bachelor of Theology and Master
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